Somalia

  • Nov 24, 2011
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AU envoy moots talks with al-Shabaab in Somalia

The AU envoy, former Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings, said yesterday in Nairobi that in spite...

Somalia
  • Nov 22, 2011
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Prospects for the Horn of Africa and Sahel in 2012

Sahelian states are struggling with varying levels of food insecurity, as well as fallout from...

Africa
  • Nov 21, 2011
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Ethiopia will keep intervening in Somalia via proxies

Al-Shabaab yesterday welcomed the reported Ethiopian incursion as a sign of Kenyan military...

Somalia
  • Nov 16, 2011
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Emergency response cannot fix chronic crisis in Africa

The UN in August announced an official famine status for parts of central and southern Somalia....

Africa
  • Nov 4, 2011
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Southern war changes Somali 'roadmap' relevance

Al-Shabaab forces are reportedly fortifying positions today in the southern port city of Kismayo,...

Somalia
  • Nov 3, 2011
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Repercussions of Somali intervention escalate in Kenya

Residents in several towns across central and southern Somalia are bracing for "imminent" Kenyan...

Kenya
  • Nov 3, 2011
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Somali arms allegations raise Eritrean sanctions fears

Kenya's military alleged again yesterday that shipments of arms are reaching al-Shabaab fighters,...

Eritrea
  • Nov 1, 2011
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Kenya recasts intervention as support for Mogadishu

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his Somali counterpart, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, met...

Somalia